By MaxW on Aug 1, 2009 in Auto, Environment, Featured, Rants & Raves, The Mud Pit | 11 Comments
Thousands of Americans are rushing out and trading in their old cars to receive a $3500 or $4500 discount towards the purchase of select new cars. This may sound great at first but there are many hidden facts the majority of the population may not be aware of. The program is designed to get old cars [...]
By MaxW on Jul 30, 2009 in Auto | 0 Comments
San Diego-based Ethos Environmental, Inc. today announced the appointment of John D. Dunlap, III as the Chairman of its newly formed Technical Advisory Board. As former Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, John brings a wealth of experience as both a regulatory consultant and green technology expert that will aid Ethos in identifying opportunities for [...]
By MaxW on Sep 12, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 1 Comment
In a future with no need for fossil fuels and with the need of renewable energies, solar power seems to be the best option available on the market. In order to be efficient and cost-effective, the sun has to shine all day long and the perfect place for that is the African continent. The latest [...]
By MaxW on Aug 5, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 2 Comments
As fuel prices climb and people switch to more fuel efficient vehicles, millions of gas guzzling pickups, SUVs, and vans will still be on American roads for many years, even decades. The average age of American vehicles is about 10 years, and quite serviceable vehicles with over 150,000 or even 200,000 miles on their odometers [...]
By James X on May 19, 2008 in Environment, Featured | 0 Comments
The words “Peak Oil” aren’t supposed to be in our vocabulary. It’s unAmerican. We’re not supposed to know, or at least verbalize the fact the oil is a finite resource. The “American way” is to smile on in oblivion to the fact, kinda like what many of us grew up with in the world of [...]
By MaxW on May 19, 2008 in Environment | 0 Comments
FREMONT, Calif. – Lexar Media (NYSE:MU), a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today announced immediate availability of Crucial 1.5V DDR2 FBDIMM server memory modules. As part of its commitment to the enterprise-computing space, Lexar Media’s new energy-efficient Crucial server memory product line utilizes the industry’s first 1.5V, 1Gb-based components to deliver [...]
By MaxW on Mar 29, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
Google users in the United States will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don’t do this permanently – it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power [...]